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nomination, more objectionable than the others, kept the 
members wrangling from convening time until long past 
noon, and at that hour no satisfactory disposition had been 
made of the proposal. At this time all adjourned to the 
operating-room to witness a difficult and neatly performed 
removal of the testicles from a criptorchid by Dr. Wende, of 
Buffalo, while Dr. Harger failed to keep his appointment to 
perform his famous “ Arytenectomy ” upon subjects that had 
been secured for him, though a substitute was secured for the 
absent surgeon. Following the operation, many of the mem¬ 
bers got together and endeavored to again force the offensive 
applicant upon the “ association ” (with apologies to the Jour¬ 
nal of Comparative Medicine), but they were not as successful 
in this experiment as they had been at the special meeting ; 
and the question was laid upon the table indefinitely. 
Looking upon this meeting in point of numbers present, 
and through the spectacles of those who controlled the special 
meeting, it was a pronounced success; as an annual meeting 
of the Empire State Association, when subjects of grave sani¬ 
tary and professional importance should engage the delibera¬ 
tion of so august an assemblage, it was—well, it showed that 
such a thing was not impossible, though the meeting of 1895 
was not such a one. 
On ACCOUNT of the many important association meetings 
which took place in September, and the large number of in¬ 
teresting papers there offered—many of which are published 
in full in this issue—much valuable original matter is un¬ 
avoidably crowded out of this number of The Review, not¬ 
withstanding the fact that we have added sixteen extra pages 
of reading matter. We ask the indulgence of our collabora¬ 
tors and correspondents, assuring them that their productions 
are gratefully received and will have an early place in our 
pregnant pages. 
, 
The Annual Meeting of the California State Veterinary 
Medical Association will be held in San Francisco, on Wednes¬ 
day, December 11, and Secretary Dr. Archibald informs us 
that the foundation for a splendid meeting is already laid. * 
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